Chapter 559 Daily Life

Although he does not have his own factory for the production of speakers, it is not a big problem. There are many OEM factories. Nowadays, under the model of industrial chain distribution and coordination and cooperation, this method is almost the same. He just needs to find hardware employees, solve some technical problems, and then recruit people to go to the factory to do quality control.

The crux of the matter is how many can be sold.

Wang Yan acted very quickly, and the industries here in Lin'an were also very complete, so he found a small factory the next day and asked it to build a prototype first. We also discussed the OEM price. Since there was no way to guarantee the quantity and the products had no reputation, we simply signed a cooperation intention and paid a deposit.

The production of the prototype is quite laborious because it needs to be adapted to the production line and some adjustments must be made. So it would take a few days. Taking advantage of this time, Wang Yan found a lawyer and went through all the necessary procedures, including applying for trademarks and patents.

I also contacted three online music platforms, Painxun Music, Yiyun Music, and Agou Music, as well as three online video platforms, Painxun Video, Aiqiyi Video, and Youcry Video. I also contacted Baiyi Shoudu and Sou Nagou. Search platform. These things need to be built into smart speakers. If you use other people's products, you have to spend money to buy authorization. This is the advantage of being a platform, and you can make money on your own.

Of course, there are functions such as screencasting from mobile phones and Bluetooth connection to play songs, but we should also consider people who don’t use it that much, such as the elderly. Although the operation of screen mirroring seems very simple, there are also many mobile phones that are difficult to figure out, so these must be taken into consideration.

At the same time, we have recruited a technician to do this and two more people to be responsible for quality control. They will be stationed directly when the time comes.

Of course, recruiting people doesn't take just one day. He has already sent them out before. The company now has its own manpower and is contacting Wei Lan. A small company has also begun to engage in first and second sides.

On the one hand, Wei Lan and the new recruits simply asked some questions with answers, and then chatted to see what their character and personality were like. The second meeting is with Wang Yan. He will focus on testing his technical level, and then chat and see how he is.

Wang Yan is of course straightforward. If he can, he will make a decision on the spot. If not, he will also tell the interviewer where the difference is. Wei Lan was always there during this process.

The reason for this is to exercise Wei Lan's ability to see people. He will tell Wei Lan how he feels about the interviewer and how he sees it. It is a practical teaching.

Although she was pregnant, it actually didn't delay anything. Every day's life is very regular. They sleep until they wake up naturally in the morning, and then go to the company to work until about 11 o'clock. The two of them go home to cook and eat and drink. They go to the company around 1 o'clock in the afternoon and leave at about 4 o'clock in the evening. After dinner and a walk at home, Wei Lan was mostly reading and studying, occasionally consulting Wang Yan.

This is a true joy of learning, and Wang Yan, a player who has taken charge of super giant companies countless times, founded the Wang Empire twice, and has never worked for anyone else in the past thousand years, teaches it without reservation.

Moreover, now Wang Yan has basically ignored the daily operations of the two companies, and has handed over these tasks to Wei Lan. He is only responsible for technology and the future. Now the company is growing up from small to large, and it is very good at training people's abilities. With such happy learning and happy working, Wei Lan can't even think about making progress.

Of course, the lives of two people cannot always be the same day after day. On the fifth day after Wei Lan confirmed her pregnancy, the couple drove a car to the factory in Linping.

As soon as the car drove into the factory, Zhao Changchun, who was eating in the cafeteria, trotted out, wiping his mouth and saying, "Boss, boss lady, why didn't you tell me in advance that you were coming?"

"Old Zhao, although we are not familiar with each other, there is no need to deal with those false things. I'm just telling you, why don't you prepare a way for me to welcome me and set off some firecrackers? There is no need to have such a big sense of crisis, I Haven't I told you before that as long as you do the job that the factory director should do well, manage the people in the factory well, complete the factory's production tasks well, and don't be greedy or take advantage of others, then as long as my company doesn't go bankrupt, you will be the best choice. You can work here until you retire. Naturally, you should be more natural."

Wang Yan patted Zhao Changchun's shoulder, which was a bit hunched over. It was still unfamiliar, or because it depended on his face. One sentence could determine their family's life. When people reach middle age, they have to bend down if they can't stand up. It's all the consequences of life. force.

"Our contact time is still short, and there is no business in the factory now. You will know if you have more contact with me in the future, and you don't have to put so much pressure on yourself. Let's go, the couple are just here for lunch. The chef is here After such a long time, let’s see if there is any progress, and also see how the workers are doing. They’ve been scolding me a lot lately, right?”

Zhao Changchun led the way. He was a little embarrassed when he heard the young boss's words, but he still shook his head without changing his face: "It's okay, they all say you are a good boss."

Wang Yan shook his head and smiled: "Forget it, I don't know about others, I know myself. If I had a boss who was so tormented, I could scold him three times a day. Regardless of whether the conditions are good or not, I have to scold him when he deserves it. I come out to work to make money, and the conditions are indeed better, but it’s boring to say how grateful I am to my boss. Also, from now on, please don’t always call me Mr. Wang, because it sounds awkward.”

You all know it, but you still ask me what I am doing... Zhao Changchun said, "Yes, Mr. Wang," and took Wang Yan and Wei Lan into the cafeteria.

This canteen is actually a production workshop, but the previous boss did not run it well and had no spare capacity to expand the production line. Even if he did, it would be useless, so he cleaned it up and used it as a workers' canteen.

As Zhao Changchun took Wang Yan and Wei Lan in, the buzzing noise that filled the workshop stopped. All eyes were on Wang Yan and Wei Lan.

Wang Yan glanced at the more than 50 people in the field, and his mental state had indeed improved. After all, it has been half a month since the acquisition of the factory, and the improvement of the food is almost synchronized. He is also training with a retired veteran who was brought back from a professional military training base all day, and his mental outlook has improved a lot.

"Why are you looking at me? I just came to take a look, not to cause trouble. Eat when it's time to eat, chat when it's time to chat."

The boss said so, but the workers didn't dare to talk nonsense, so they were still quiet for a while. But it was only for a while, and then they started to whisper in twos and threes. After so many whispers, it became chaotic again.

Wang Yan was thinking with his heels, knowing that these people were complaining about him again, but he didn't care and followed Lao Zhao to the innermost part.

There were several sliding metal tables with several pots of dishes on them. Braised pork, dry fried knife fish, fried eggs with garlic sprouts, boiled cabbage hearts, a vegetarian meatball soup, and then a plate of rice and several small pickles. It was said that there were four dishes and one soup, and it was implemented very well.

Seeing Wang Yan looking at so many leftover dishes and looking at him questioningly, Zhao Changchun explained: "Boss Wang, we just started eating, and many people haven't come to add more food yet."

"We must pay attention to the problem of leftovers. You can eat too much, but you can't throw too much away."

"Yes, Boss Wang. The workers have downloaded and installed the management system we developed. Generally, when eating, I ask them to determine the number of people in advance on it. Breakfast and lunch are easy to make, but sometimes some people eat dinner and some don't, and the chefs are not sure. But it has been half a month now, and the chefs have been able to control it. Some waste is inevitable, but it is definitely under control."

Wang Yan nodded, and walked to the kitchen further behind with his hands behind his back, touching and looking, and checking the sanitary environment. I won't say how clean it is. After all, there is inevitably some oil stains in the place where cooking is done. It hasn't been long since cooking, but it is definitely not dirty. After looking at it once, I was very satisfied. Lao Zhao does a good job and is relatively safe.

Then he followed Wei Lan to get his own food. This is what he got. Wei Lan was pregnant, and she was experiencing all kinds of symptoms, so she only ordered a few pieces of knife fish, two other vegetarian dishes, a bowl of soup, and some pickled vegetables. Wang Yan was different. He had a large plate full of food, which made Zhao Changchun speechless.

When they reached the table where Zhao Changchun was sitting, Wei Lan took a bite of the vegetable heart and nodded, saying, "It tastes good, husband, it's about the same as yours."

Wang Yan nodded with a smile. He had eaten it once before, and he immediately ate the food in big mouthfuls.

"Mr. Zhao, how is the training of the staff responsible for the quality inspection of medicinal materials going?"

"There are too many kinds of medicinal materials needed for the products we make, hundreds of them. Our workers are basically only educated in junior high school and high school, and they are not young anymore. Their learning ability is relatively poor, so the results are not very ideal. Even though I hired some new employees later, the time was too short, the difficulty of identifying medicinal materials was not small, and the progress was not fast. Mr. Wang, I think if you want to reach the level you mentioned, you can't do it without working for a year or two."

"It's normal. In the past, Chinese medicine apprentices learned to identify medicinal materials for several years. Although our difficulty is much smaller and we don't need to know the medicinal properties, it is not an easy job. Take your time, don't rush. At this stage, as long as you can distinguish what kind of absolutely impossible is fine."

"They have met such conditions." Zhao Changchun nodded and asked : "Boss Wang, are we going to start production?"

"The company that ordered the equipment called me to tell me about the progress. It will be delivered to our factory for installation in one week, or no later than ten days. I have already contacted the supplier of medicinal materials, and ordered more than two million medicinal materials from Northeast China, Yunnan and Guizhou, which will be shipped this week. After the equipment arrives and is debugged for one day, production can officially begin. Recently, you should check the warehouse and the medicinal materials processing area that was previously marked out, as well as the workshop environment, and then find someone to come and test it. Imported things cannot be sloppy."

"Okay, Boss Wang, we will organize people to start cleaning again in the afternoon, and then find professionals to come and see if our workshop is qualified, and hurry up to prepare for production."

Wang Yan nodded, and then chatted and talked about gossip, caring about Lao Zhao's family situation and so on.

More than two million medicinal materials seem to be a lot, but in fact, there are not many. After all, the value of medicinal materials is different, and there are many precious medicinal materials. With the current proficiency of these employees, basically once the production line is opened, it will be done in two days. If they are proficient, it may only be half a day's work. Double the profit, a net gain of more than 4 million.

In fact, he was not in a hurry about mass production. Because he did not have so many customers. Although the people he recruited now made selected calls all over the country every day, there were still few customers. He still had to accumulate slowly, slowly ferment, and then explode.

However, mass production is also good for him. After all, he used to rely on manual labor. This month, he broke out a bit, and so far he has only made three million worth of goods. The more goods a factory has, the faster it produces, which he cannot compare with. Now he has finally gotten rid of this repetitive labor and freed up his time.

Another and most important point is that he is finally legal and compliant. In the past, no one cared. If you really want to be serious, he would not go to jail for producing like that, but he would definitely be fined and his business license might be revoked. Now he is finally safe, he can produce boldly, he can take out loans to reduce debt, and he has no worries at all.

In fact, he also has a marketing strategy to quickly expand his business. It is a very simple method, which is to make profits. Give discounts to old users and let them attract new customers. New customers buy three bottles for a course of treatment, and each bottle only costs 9999. Customers who successfully promote can also get a coupon and can also buy a bottle for 9999. At the same time, there is no upper limit for this discount, and the activity lasts for half a year.

No one's money comes from the wind. When the price was restored from more than 8,000 yuan, it caused a lot of dissatisfaction, but this is a complete seller's market, and it has been explained long ago, so there is nothing to do about dissatisfaction. The current promotional price is nearly 3,000 yuan lower than the original price, and rich people will also be tempted. After all, not everyone is so rich. If a normal family of five eats it all, an annual salary of one million yuan is not enough. Unless it is one million after tax, but in contrast, the living standard has dropped significantly.

So the discount of 3,000 yuan is quite powerful. If nothing unexpected happens, there will be a wave of sales explosion next.

After listening to Wang Yan's future plans, Wei Lan sighed: "It's too fast. If we continue to develop like this, I estimate that by the time the child is born, our family will have several hundred million, right?"

"You can exaggerate the number." Wang Yan still supported the car window with his left arm, his hand on his face, and controlled the steering wheel with one hand, full of careless laziness: "Next month, we can use the factory for mortgage loan, 20 or 30 million is not a problem. With this money, our company will expand all of a sudden, and it will be different every day. If nothing goes wrong, by the time the child is born, we should have been a well-known company in the country. No matter how you define it, we can already be called successful people."

Wei Lan puffed his lips: "Then the reputation of selling powerful pills is not good."

"Too narrow-minded, famous The word is just a code name to distinguish it from other products. It doesn't matter what it's called. What matters is what we do? Although it's very expensive, we can make more than 8,000 yuan for a bottle of medicine. But you can feel it yourself, we are indeed improving the health of the people of the motherland, which is a major issue related to the national economy and people's livelihood. Reputation is a burden, don't cling to those useless things. As for our products, if you give them to anyone who scolds us, if you meet someone with average mental quality, they may die suddenly. Just think of them as envy and jealousy.

And you don't think our products are very famous, do you? Although it does make a lot of money, it has always been circulated among those rich people. People who earn 18,000 yuan a month may have received harassing calls from our artificial intelligence, but they won't believe it, they will only think that we want to Money is crazy. "

"What about in the future? Have you ever thought about lowering the price? Rich people are healthy, and they control all kinds of social resources. I think we should invest in research in the future to reduce the cost so that people all over the country can afford it. That way we can make a lot of money and have a good reputation. "

"The situation has improved now. "Wang Yan nodded with relief: "Don't worry, we still have too little money at this stage, and we can't do anything big. After a while, I will set up a laboratory to develop cheaper capsule medicines so that more people can afford it. "

Wei Lan hummed, and was silent for a long time, and said: "How about we donate some money? Just think of it as praying for the child. "

Wang Yan was even more relieved, and said with a smile: "How much do you want to donate?"

"Donate a ...One hundred thousand or two hundred thousand? Isn't it said that donations can be tax deductible? We have done good things and paid less tax, how great. "

"You should be bolder. One hundred thousand or two hundred thousand is not enough for the money we earn, but this can be regarded as a token of our gratitude. "Wang Yan shook his head and smiled, thought for a while and said: "We don't earn much money now, but we need money everywhere. Wait until next year, we will donate a school in the poor mountainous area, or build a cement road or something, and spend it according to three million. If we build a school, we can't just build it and forget it, because we have greater ability, and we can build it in one step.

We are responsible for the children's food and nutrition, and we have to discuss with the local education bureau, or we will bear the teachers' expenses, or we will subsidize part of it, anyway, we have to be responsible to the end. If the local county lacks junior high schools, then we will build junior high schools later. If there is no shortage, we will subsidize junior high schools to improve the teaching conditions and teaching level of junior high schools. Then we will subsidize high schools, and then we will set up special scholarships and grants for universities. We guarantee that those children can study safely until they graduate from university.

I believe that one day, we will see a little girl or boy in our company, walking up to us with some trepidation, saying that he graduated from the school where our company was built. At that moment, how would we feel when we see such a healthy and energetic child standing in front of us? "

Wei Lan lay on her back on the passenger seat, staring blankly at the road ahead. For a long time, she breathed out: "That must be good..."

There was distress, expectation, joy, and pride in her tone. She must have thought of the most miserable child that had ever appeared in the news. She thought of how this child walked many miles to the school they built in a remote mountain village, wore warm clothes, studied hard in a warm classroom, and ate The meat, eggs, and milk supplement nutrition and grow the body. The child went to junior high school, high school, was admitted to the university of his choice, and found a job. After more than ten years of hard study, he came to her...

so good……

An untimely ringing of the phone broke the hopeful atmosphere. Wang Yan glanced at it and then answered the phone with a smile: "Hello? Mr. Zhou?"

"Mr. Wang, the prototype of the smart speaker you developed has been produced. It's very hot. When will you have time to come and pick it up? Or can I have someone send it to you?"

Zong Zhou is also a knowledgeable person. After producing it, he fiddled with it for a while. His feeling is very simple, that is, there is a way to make money. The market for smart speakers is also worth tens of billions. Although it has been shrinking and falling off a cliff in the past two years, the market is still there. Sales of millions a year. And now Wang Yan's game is very good. Once the situation is opened, it will make a lot of money. So he does OEM production, and although he doesn't make as much as Wang Yan, he still makes a lot of money. The Chinese New Year will be over in more than two months, so he will try to have a good year this year.

"Oh, I might have to ask Mr. Zhou to send someone to deliver it. I'm in Linping and I'm about to go back. Your factory happens to be in Xiasha. Let's go on both sides and I'll go back to collect the goods."

"Okay, then I'll have someone drive over right now. I'll first congratulate Mr. Wang on the big sale and making a fortune."

"Isn't Mr. Zhou getting rich in the same way?"

The two laughed twice before hanging up the phone. If you can make money, you are a good brother, and your relationship will become much closer.

Wei Lan asked curiously: "I heard that Mr. Zhou laughed so happily. Is he definitely making money?"

"Didn't I show you the design drawings? If nothing else, just put it in the living room and track the children's functions at any time. You can already make a lot of money. We will go back to the company later and you will know after seeing the finished product."

"I really don't understand why you have so many..."

"Maybe this is genius."

"Shit, genius, why were you so miserable before?"

"People have to wake up. I just woke up for a moment, and with some luck, I became what I am now. I can be regarded as a genius who awakened the day after tomorrow."

"What kind of luck?"

Wang Yan turned his head and glanced at Wei Lan, raised his eyebrows, deliberately clamped his voice, and changed into a magnetic voice like a magnet, and actually sang: "There are always some surprising encounters, for example, when I meet you~~ "

Wei Lan burst out laughing, humming along to Wang Yan's singing, and then found the song on her phone and played it...

I happily returned to the company all the way, and then went upstairs to the door of their company. The girl at the front desk facing the door pointed to a box on the table with exquisite and simple packaging, looking at the box with a sense of technology and said: "Mr. Wang , this is what the previous visitor asked me to pass on to you.”

"Okay, thank you."

A company in this office area had a front desk position, so a girl was hired to sit here and be responsible for receiving interviewers and other clerical tasks. There are no serious people who come to the company to discuss business. Even if you have such a position, it is almost meaningless if you don't become a good-looking girl.

Wang Yan took the box to Wei Lan's office and handed the box to Wei Lan: "Here, this is the first time in the world to open a box, I'll leave it to you, I'll take a video for you, so you can watch it later Millions of fans take a look.”

Wei Lan's pet account has become the only promotional window for customers for a technology company like theirs...

"Okay, please be careful and don't show your face."

"Do not worry."

While talking, Wang Yan took out his cell phone and started taking pictures.

Wei Lan took a deep breath, then reached out and unpacked the package, and then took things out one by one. She moved very slowly, leaving time for the dubbing introduction. This Internet celebrity was not in vain, just two words, professional.

With her actions, this smart speaker was finally revealed.

This smart speaker has a white appearance, a round and chubby sci-fi cartoon image, with two big eyes, no arms or legs, only a round body, a round base, and a floating body between the body and the base. , can rotate freely.

Of course, it's not impossible to make him look slim and cool. The technology he has mastered can even make a small robot with flexible movements. But a fatal problem is that it requires some people to develop and implement it, and in comparison, the cost of production is also high, and the selling price is much higher. This brings us back to the key issue. If he forms this kind of R&D team, he might as well smash the foundations of artificial intelligence and use the technology he has mastered bit by bit, and the robots will go along with it.

So now this has become the best choice. You can build in a large speaker, increase the battery module, and build in more functions.

The two eyes are two cameras, and bionic vision can be used for indoor monitoring. It can also be set up to identify strangers. As Wang Yan said before, it can also monitor children's movements, detect dangerous behaviors, and provide timely alarm reminders. It can also transmit data back through recognized human movements to train artificial intelligence.

And on its belly, there is a small projection module, which uses technical means to achieve high-definition projection. Through the floating design, it can achieve a 90-degree elevation adjustment, which can be facing the wall or the ceiling. Of course, no matter how high-definition it is, it is still a projection. If there is no screen, or the lighting is better, it is also average.

This function is of course a bit useless. After all, people with houses generally have TVs or special projectors. People without houses also have computers, tablets, etc., and there are also mobile phones that everyone has, so they can always watch. But there are always some people who like this. After all, it is equivalent to buying a smart speaker and giving away a garbage projector, which sounds relatively cost-effective.

And people like new things. It doesn't matter whether it is very useful or not. It's important to have it or not. It can't be used, but it can't be without it. It's the same as many useless things in life and many unused functions of electronic products. It must be there.

Since it's all projected, it can't just project movies or something. So we still made an interactive one. The projection module on the chest can create some interesting patterns or release deep blue light to create some technological mystery. You can also project some emotional states of artificial intelligence during the conversation.

In addition to smart monitoring, child protection, and projection, the voice assistant function of the smart speaker is of course top-notch. Smooth conversation and dialect recognition will never happen when you say "front door building" and it says "hip axis". You can also adjust the voice of the artificial intelligence very carefully and customize the name of the call. You can record a voice of your own family as an assistant, or you can make a second dimension. Customized calls can be made into Er Gouzi, San Luzi, Zhang San Li Si.

As for other control of smart home appliances, that's a piece of cake. After all, the industry follows a common protocol, as long as it has that function, it will work. The response time is not about his smart speaker, but the technical level of other home manufacturers.

Overall, it is actually very good and better than similar products. It is not a high-quality speaker, nor a personal data server. It is just a terminal with higher technology that can listen to music, watch movies, and control smart homes.

Correspondingly, although the price cannot be compared with those with outstanding functions, it is also higher than those that are only 200 or 300 yuan. After all, it must be worthy of its level and the materials it has. Therefore, 999 is a good price.

Then there is an optional projection. Without this function, it only costs 799. In this way, the 999 one is very easy to sell. After all, it is only a difference of 200 yuan, not more or less. The glowing chest of the smart speaker is already very cool. If it interacts with people, no one should refuse it...

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